Comments on: Coming up in August: Guess who’s back?

By: a foreign gentlemen

a foreign gentlemen — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:46:26 +0000

Dear David, theres no way this will be published but … u did so much damage to my country, we will need 10 years to recover

By: Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:05:52 +0000

It might be a coincidence but David Taylor’s arrival in Australia has seen the Liberal/National parties overtake Labor in the latest opinion poll. It looks as if Ramsay Street could be a lot tougher than the Rhondda.

By: Partisan

Partisan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:33:43 +0000

Why doesn’t Taylor’s bio mention Aneurin Glyndwr? Whatever you think of the site, it is the most high profile project he has led to date.

By: Dwayne J

Dwayne J — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:03:26 +0000

O god.

By: Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:02:20 +0000

You can’t learn anything from Australia. It’s unique. Gillard has just said that she will get the rats who are leaking. The rats are of course fellow members of the Labor Party who have informed the press that privately she opposed two of Labor’s more popular measures in recent years. Someone else who believes that the King Rat and leaker is the former PM Kevin Rudd has just questioned whether he is a man and called him a snake. All great stuff. Gillard, who is a female Larrikin in the Bob Hawke tradition, can really dish it out. Luckily for her she went to Australia where they appreciate a politician with a bit of spirit. In the UK she probably wouldn’t have even got on the short list for a seat.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:27:08 +0000

If he’s superman, why isn’t he here, helping Labour rebuild? The words rat/ship spring to mind (which says more about the current state of Labour than about David, who can blame him?)

And yeah, she may have been born in Wales, but she is a tinny-cracking, barbie-lighting, matilda-waltzing, tangaroo-tie-me-downing Aussie now.

By: Daran Hill

Daran Hill — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:17:23 +0000

Terry, not sure I agree with you there. The last 2 campaigns David worked on have been relatively successfully. He was part of Team Carwyn at the tail end of last year, and at this year’s General Election Labour did better in Wales than in England, only losing 3 seats. It also had by far the most consistent and effective messaging in Wales through Peter Hain, with whom David was working. It’ll be interesting to see what he learns in Australia, or what Australian Labor learns from him

By: terry b

terry b — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:26 +0000

If David Taylor’s helping her, Gillard might as well pack up now… he’s got the Sadim touch. Excellent news for Welsh Labour.

By: Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:34:57 +0000

Why wait until next month when through the wonders of the internet you can read all the Australian papers. I thought that Gillard would walk it but it looks as if the first week of the campaign has been a disaster because of a series of damaging leaks from within the Labor party. Her poll rating has fallen by 8% since the election began. Labor is now only 1% ahead of the Liberals. Could history be repeating itself? The last time the Australian Labor Party was led by someone with a Welsh connection, Billy Hughes led it to electoral disaster.

By: Duncan Higgitt

Duncan Higgitt — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:45:15 +0000

We’re changing the name of the site to OneWalesHome.

(I wish I could claim credit for that one, but sadly I can’t.)